In Pagny-sur-Meuse, 2.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
By its share of couples with children (33%), Pagny-sur-Meuse is above 87% of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common households without a car are in Pagny-sur-Meuse (6.4%). On households headed by a manual worker, Pagny-sur-Meuse sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 22%. This Meuse town is home to 1,036 residents in 450 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Meuse median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Pagny-sur-Meuse
A young town
Half of Pagny-sur-Meuse’s residents are under 38.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pagny-sur-Meuse’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 58% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
Younger than 87% of compared French towns: half of Pagny-sur-Meuse is under 38.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pagny-sur-Meuse 38.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 84% of compared French towns: 17%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.6% of households are single parents in Pagny-sur-Meuse
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 76% of compared French towns: 15%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Of all households, 9.5% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Few places have so few households in social housing: 8.8% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Standard of living at the median: €25,270 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €25,270 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns: 5.5%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The share of households headed by a retired person is 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, below 87% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.4% in Pagny-sur-Meuse. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Pagny-sur-Meuse, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Here just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pagny-sur-Meuse
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,036 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Pagny-sur-Meuse are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pagny-sur-Meuse | 38.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Foug 2,628 · 3.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 6.2 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 7.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 7.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Gondreville 2,635 · 11 mi | 47.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 16.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Pagny-sur-Meuse
What is the population of Pagny-sur-Meuse?
1,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,007).
How old are Pagny-sur-Meuse’s residents?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pagny-sur-Meuse?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pagny-sur-Meuse?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pagny-sur-Meuse?
€25,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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